Top Ten Own Goal Howlers

The own goal. A moment of madness, or sheer misfortune, can place you amongst a collection that sends a shiver down a defenders spine. From rifling the ball into your own top corner, to spectacular headers and overhead kicks, here is a quick rundown of the top ten most hilarious, outrageous, and costly of the own goals.

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The rollercoaster career of Steve McClaren (Video)

Steve McClaren's failure to qualify England for Euro 2008 will no doubt harshly haunt the rest of his career in football, despite his success in becoming the first Englishman since Bobby Robson in 1996 to win a top-level domestic league.

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The Birmingham Beelzebub

On Wednesday night, I saw the devil. He’s a Brummie. If ever there was a sign that football has descended into a slightly more active version of Loose Women, it was Adrian Chiles’ steadfast refusal to cover Sunderland’s victory over Middlesbrough in spite of his own channel actually showing the match.

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Middlesbrough desperate to hold onto Williams

Fresh from offering a relatively large sum of money and being rebuffed by Crystal Palace for Wilfried Zaha, Bolton Wanderers manager Owen Coyle seems to have got wallet-happy again in his pursuit of Middlesbrough’s versatile defender Rhys Williams.

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Top 10 Own Goals

We’ve all done it. Stuck a great clumsy boot out and divided the ball into the back of our net. There isn’t a worse feeling in football (unless you’re Vinny Jones and you’ve just grabbed Gazza’s balls) but here are 10 idiots who did rather more than stick out a clumsy boot:

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The Championship: A Four Horse Race?

Twenty five games gone in the Championship season and things are hotting up in the race for promotion to the promised land.

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Diary of a Sky Sports Reporter

Interviewing Cardiff City boss Malky Mackay following their 3-2 home defeat to Middlesbrough reminded me of one of the certainties in football, namely that a referee will make at least one decision a manager will disagree with.

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England’s Next Manager in Waiting

Now that we all know who England will face in next summer’s UEFA European Championships following the draw at the Palace of Arts in Kiev early today, the nation will inevitably commence a pre-tournament journey mixed with uncertainty, excitement and expectation.

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Saturday Morning Round Up @ Liverpool close in on teen, Blue Square Survey, Wenger set for clear out

Liverpool are closing in on the signature of Swiss teenage striker Nicholas Hunziker from FC Basle.

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Can the Saints keep marching in?

Hands up everyone who thought this season’s nPower Championship would be a heavyweight tussle between Big Sam’s West Ham and Sven’s lavishly-assembled Leicester?

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Profile Feature Story: David Thomas

The on strike batsman pats the ground with his bat taking guard as a tall slender figure holding a deliciously red new ball in his left hand, prepares to charge in.

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Friday lunch time quiz

What type of quizzer are you? Do you sit drunk and clueless in the corner? Or are you halfway to Nerdsville with a tank top on and a smart-arse smile? Can you admit to watching Eggheads - even if only in a moment of weakness? No matter which category you fall into – try our pub quiz and prove to yourself that the years of watching and talking about footy have not been a complete waste of time. But please try not to cheat, for as my headmaster used to say “You’re only cheating on yourself”, which ironically is not what his wife said to him, when she caught him in congress with his secretary.

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Chris Smalling Was Always Going To A Star: An In-Depth Chat With A Maidstone United Club Official

Manchester United's Chris Smalling has certainly been one of the revelations of English football over the last couple of seasons. Within 4 and a half years he has gone from playing for Non-League side Maidstone to becoming one of the most recongisable young players in the Premier League.

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The Football Quiz Challenge

What type of quizzer are you? Do you sit drunk and clueless in the corner? Or are you halfway to Nerdsville with a tank top on and a smart-arse smile?

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Reborn McClaren attempts to pull up trees at Forest

It may be an understatement to say that Steve McClaren is an easy target for critics after that infamous qualifying campaign for Euro 2008 in charge of England. The use of umbrella on that tormented night against Croatia didn’t help either, and neither did the abysmally guided press conference in attempted pidgin Dutch after taking the reins at FC Twente. However, after winning the Dutch Premier League with the club from humble Enschede, his stock saw something of an upturn and, after an ill-fated spell in charge of Wolfsburg, he has been permitted a route back into England and a shot at redemption.

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